RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN FREIGHT TRANSPORT
LOGISTICS IN LATVIA
Andris Gutmanis 1, Igor Kabashkin 2 and Yuri Merkuryev 3
1 Latvian Transport Development and Education Association,
Gogola 3, Riga, LV-1743, Latvia,
2 Transport and Telecommunication Institute,
Lomonosova 1, Riga, LV-1019, Latvia,
Tel.: (+371)-7100594, Fax: (+371)-7100535
E-mail: kiv@tsi.lv
3 Riga Technical University,
Kalku 1, Riga, LV-1658, Latvia,
Tel.: (+371)-7089514, Fax: (+371)-7089513
E-mail: merkur@itl.rtu.lv
ABSTRACT:One of the most important national economy sectors in Latvia is a transit of products and services. An existence of well-developed logistics and transportation systems determines a quality of transit. This is impossible without well-prepared specialists in both – logistics and ICTE. The LOGIS projects set is aimed to introduction of the latest achievements in ICTE in teaching of students and in vocational training of logistics professionals in Logistics Information Systems, which is one of the main elements in logistics structural model.
KEYWORDS: Logistics Information Systems, simulation, on-site training, social systems simulation.
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